If you are planning to travel abroad and need to update your global entry card, the easiest way to accomplish this is to sign in online at https://ttp.cbp.dhs.gov/, get your paperwork in order, pay your fee online, then make your appointment through zoom! No waiting in line or driving to the airport. Just need your passport and driver’s license, Took ten minutes. My buddy John Whitaker just turned me on to this and is was a piece of cake. Thanks John!
-Q
A baby sea turtle’s mad dash for the sea is perilous. A fake egg could make it safer.
Read the full article courtesy of Anthropocene
Hope to see some of my blog friends out at the Santa Monica Patagonia store this Thursday evening for a free screening of “Mighty Waters” with a special Q&A with director/executive producer of the film, Shannon Vandivier to follow. Plus a bonus panel of local friends / fly fishers willing to share their experiences and perspectives on how flyfishing enriched their lives and help make change in their communities. Also a raffle to help support The Mayfly Project. Special thanks to Patagonia Santa Monica and The American Museum of Flyfishing for this educational series. All good stuff people!
Well, I got back east a few weeks ago with a few of my good fishing buddies who had never experienced east coast surf/inshore fall fishing before. We headed to Mecca, “The Surf fishing Capital of the World”, Montauk, the eastern end of Long Island. Approximately 2.5 hours from Kennedy International airport due east. We didn’t exactly time it right, this is the problem with the fall fishery back east. In a perfect world you want a Nor’easter or Hurricane to hit about two weeks before you arrive. This turns the water over and gets all the baitfish excited, spilling them out into the ocean on outgoing tides to waiting predators that ball them up and start the big fall migration or blitzs. We were at the tail end of a big swell and the Florida hurricane was moving up the coast while we were there. We were about two weeks too early. The water was too warm, 75 degrees, in fact a week before we arrived they had bluefin tuna busting bunker schools about a hundred yards off the beach. They had come in and disappeared. I saw some iphone pics that were insane. Anyway, that’s fishing, timing is everything. I got to show the boys the sights, we ate great food and we hit it hard for two out of four days on boat for a few false albacore, a small bass and a few bluefish. The fishing was poor but the bait was everywhere and everything was ready to pop. You could see the potential. Not to say we all had a great time regardless of the poor fishing opportunities. It’s going off right now! I love this place and it still feels like home! It was great throwing top water plugs in the back bays like old times. Hope to be back again soon. -Al Q
Our Guides: Timmothy O’Rouke Mike Grande
Me and Jason Scott will be hosting an event for The American Museum of Flyfishing at the Patagonia/Santa Monica store on Thursday evening, October 27th. We will be addressing the issue of diversity in our sport and showing an amazing film entitled “Mighty Waters” Please come out if you can. it should be a fun night with lots of cool people. – Al Q
Scientists can now train coral to spawn on demand. Click Here! for full article from Anthropocene!
I was recently asked by a viewer of the blog to post a recipe for the Ghost Whisper fly. I did an article many years ago for The Saltwater Flyfisherman and they had it published online. I guess the link was broken so I scrambled to piece together some of the original content. A newer version of this fly can be found in The Corbina Diaries with recipe, I guess my flies are always evolving as materials change and maybe just because I hate tying the same fly over and over again. LOL So here is the original way to tie it, you can substitute any of the materials materials to suit your needs. Have fun with it. -Al Q
flies, sand & surf 